There are plenty of hidden gems to be found on Amazon Prime Video, and if you're willing to look closely enough, you can stumble upon your new favorite movie. That seems to be the case, as numerous Redditors have discovered Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum and have proceeded to offer their opinions on the ensuing creepfest. You have u/10voltsam kicking things off by saying, "Continuing my journey with South Korean horror movie I saw Gonjiam tonight and it's easily the scariest South Korean movie I've seen yet." Considering that some of the other viewers say things like, "That clicking gave me weeks of [goosebumps]," and, "There was one scene that gave me full body chills," it's safe to say this is one film that knows how to burrow deep within your psyche.
As you go further down the Reddit thread, you get a good sense of how this movie should be watched. A lot of people mention how there was one funny scene in the film that doesn't quite make sense with everything else, but u/ProfessorHeronarty explains, "It's common Korean style to use humor to give the viewer false security." It's good to know this going in so that when something that seems funny happens, you know not to let your guard down fully.
It's not just people on Reddit who think you should watch this film. The movie earned a lot of positive reviews when it first came out, including from James Marsh of the South China Morning Post, who wrote, "Gonjiam is almost completely devoid of violence or gore, earning its chills from impressively creepy locations and convincing performances of a largely unknown cast." Leave the lights on and check out Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum next ... if you dare.
